Built to the LEED Gold standard, the new Science andTechnology Building added more than 1000sqm ofstudent space to Langara College in Vancouver whenit opened in late 2016. It included 35 new laboratoriesand classrooms, a lecture hall and collaborative studyspaces. They are almost entirely linked to the outsideworld by views, while natural light also forms abridge between departments and faculties. Daylightharvesting not only creates a pleasant workingenvironment but also contributes to a comprehensiveplan for sustainability encompassing aspects fromtransport and water use through to landscaping thatretains mature trees.The building is a five-storey facility with a dramaticthree-storey, cantilevered structure that extends16m from the core of the building. Crucially, thiscantilevered portion incorporates a crystal-shapedoculus that allows natural daylight to penetratethrough to the ground and to permeate the building.Dwayne Doornbosch, project manager with BirdConstruction, explains that because the oculus‘goes through the centre of the cantilever, when ▼